Worth the Drive Every Time - Reliable, Delicious BBQ for Family & Events! We've been coming to Natty Flat Smokehouse on Hwy 281 for years, and it never disappoints. It's a bit of a drive from Granbury, but 100% worth it for consistently great Texas BBQ. The meats are always smoked perfectly with excellent flavor and tenderness, we love loading up on brisket, ribs, sausage, and whatever else looks good that day. We've dined in multiple times and also ordered big family plates to bring home for parties, holidays, and events. Everything travels well and still tastes fresh & huge hit with our whole crew. The sides are homemade and solid (the mac & cheese and potato salad get mentioned a lot in our house), and the portions are generous for the price. The rustic, down-home Texas atmosphere is part of the charm, friendly service, plenty of parking, and fun shops nearby (like the giant rocking chair spot). It feels like true Texas Hill Country hospitality. Whether you're stopping in for a quick lunch or catering a gathering, this place delivers "Dang Good BBQ" every visit. If you're anywhere near Lipan or Hwy 281, make the drive. You won't regret it we keep coming back and bringing friends/family with us! read more

This was an amazing restaurant. A new friend took us there for our first time. My granddaughter got a stuffed baked potato with barbecue. I got a Caesar Salad and hot potato salad. Both were really good. We tried the pecan cobbler. Worth every calorie in it!! read more

SO CUTE! SO TEXAS! Plenty of parking! Cute places next door. Very 'Texas' The staff is VERY FRIENDLY! Southern hospitality at it's finest! Tons of great gifts for purchase! Everything tastes so good from the homemade cookies to the homemade pies! I will be back! read more

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Ordered 5 slices of brisket and two ribs to go for me and my wife. We got home and had the smallest 4 slices and small rib. Called them and she said we ordered 1/4 brisket and ribs so thats the way it was. No.....I didn't Just lost a customer. We've ordered there a long time. I won't accept rude behavior. We won't be back. read more

Got a family pack to go. Meats were average. Both Cole slaw and baked potato salad were overwhelmingly doused with black pepper. That's all we could taste..... In Cole slaw! Who does that? read more

What a disappointment. The outside ambience and decor was super inviting, and this place has been around forever. But yikes! The meats are kept in Tupperware in a cooler and microwaved to order! What?!?! The red beans were served cold and were mostly soup, so salty they were inedible. The mac n cheese, though served warm was too salty to eat. The sausage tasted boiled and looked pale and sickly. What a terrible disappointment. Steer clear, folks. read more

Natty Flat Smokehouse - Sausage, Mac n cheese, red beans. Not good. - Barbeque Near Me - Lipan, Texas

Great place to stop on our road trip. Friendly service. Cute shops and a bakery to check out too. Worth the stop.

Good Bar B Q in a great setting. Other stores connected to them. All types of down home goods for sale too. Could spend hours walking around. read more

Cute place. They have awesome food and great cobbler. The shop in the restaurant is cute, and the shop next door was fabulous! Lots of cool things! read more

Drove 5 miles off the interstate to check this place out for the first time. The vegetables were good. The brisket was dry. The chicken was dry and the ribs were OK. The service is self-serve, which is OK ambience was great Texas style read more

BBQ brisket is lean, Smokey, and very tender! Got past Bouncer and became his BEst Friend ....until someone else with a sandwich showed up! Great CW music, CW atmosphere and friendly service from humans too! read more

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Just an awesome little barbecue joint with a big chair in the front! The meats are moist and full of flavor. The baked potato casserole side is a must-order. The pecan pie is also awesome. Plenty of cool things to shop for in the store. Easily one of my favorites. Worth the trip!! read more

Not a fan of Natty Flats. My brisket looked like pot roast. No smoke flavor at all. Pretty much tasteless. "Tater Salad" as they called it not hot or cold -- seemed like a cut up baked potato which in my opinion should have been hot. Beans with brisket (pot roast), temperature hot were just ok. Husbands ribs were beef -- our bad for assuming pork. No smoke flavor. He had the same sides. Tasteless and expensive food. Didn't look like the cleanest place to eat either. First time to eat at Natty Flats and for sure the last. read more

I'd rate this BBQ place C+. It wasn't bad. I guess it's a passing grade, but lots of room for improvement. I'd passed by it many times and never realized there was a BBQ restaurant in the building. Thought it was just antiques and furniture and stuff until I saw it on Yelp. Service wasn't much as you order at the counter. They seemed nice enough though. The brisket was tender, but kind of dry and flavorless as there was no outer bark or visible fat at all. The sides were the typical "out of a can" taste. Mac and cheese was decent. The highlight was the vinegary "Carolina style" sauce on the condiment station. Overall, I'd stop in if I was passing through and hungry, but wouldn't go out of my way for this place unless they stepped it up a couple notches. read more

This place has the very best brisket and ribs. I'm really stuck on the chopped beef sandwich. Love the potato salad - it could be a meal by itself. Floats there are made with real ice cream and you pull your flavor out of a big trough of ice. All desserts are fresh made by the bakery across the parking lot. People are very friendly and there's shelves of some tasty old fashioned canned vegetables & pickles and more - all locally sourced. I've been here dozens of times and never had a "bad" experience. read more

It's been a while since we've eaten here. A few years for sure. The place is rustic in a nice way. Staff is pleasant and the food is excellent. I had a 3 meat combo. I most like the ribs and brisket. The best side we had of 4 was the Baked Potato salad. The Banana pudding was excellent. read more

This place never disappoints came in for a quick lunch and got a smokehouse hotdog they offered me a jalapeño bread to try and it was phenomenal! So much food my dog had lunch too! great group of people working here! read more

Don't pass by this spot! BBQ is some of the best around coupled with the quaint old fashioned atmosphere. Friendly service, comfortable setting and a great experience for people of all ages. read more

Very seldom have I been to a restaurant that has 5 star food. Because I feel the food must be absolutely incredible to rate 5 stars. But, when you combine a really neat restaurant, with a super friendly staff, and some dang good food, now that's worth 5 stars! Natty Flat checked every box for me. First, the restaurant is just as neat as it can be. You enter into the store front, where the shelves are lined with good stuff for you to buy. All sorts of candy and taffy, beef jerky, jams, jellies, spices, pickled veggies. You know what I'm talking about. Step up to the order counter in the back, and take your pick. They've got the full line of BBQ meats, but I'm a rib man, and what the heck, maybe throw in some jalapeño cheese sausage when I'm in the mood! This trip, I got me some ribs, baked beans with brisket, and loaded baked potato salad. The beans were good, the potato salad very good, and some really good ribs. I still can't eat much, so plenty of leftovers. Mike got his usual brisket, and said it was really good. Are we done? Nope! Dessert time! I got 5 orders of Pecan Cobbler to go, for Glenda, Linda, Susan, and 2 for me! Mike got the last cherry fried pie and 2 scoops of cherry vanilla ice cream. On my gosh, the cherry vanilla ice cream is incredible! We'll definitely get that again! AND, while your at Natty Flat, right next door is the Bent Bucket Bakery and Texas Hill Country Furniture. Gorgeous wood furniture like you've never seen before. So, take a trip, it's BBQ time! read more

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I was excited to try this place after reading the stellar reviews. No no no no no nope. The people were not warm or friendly at all. I usually flash a big smile, so no one can say it was my fault or that I had attitude. I was warm and happy. They were not. The pulled pork "small" sandwich and a coke was $10.28 of waste. It was not bad. It was not good. It was "meh" and the bun was cold and I had to smother it with salt and bbq sauce to get any flavor. Since it was not "bad" I didn't go to the manager. I just ate it. And the coke was warm and kinda flat. Look, it's a tourist trap, folks. It's built like a little frontier town for tourists. The biggest cedar rocking chair, outhouses, rustic misspelled signs, etc... tourist trap. Go elsewhere and get some real Texas BBQ. This is not good at all and I cannot figure out why the reviews are so good unless it is tourists who don't know better or locals who steer people there because they are locals. Or maybe they never traveled elsewhere in Texas for real BBQ. I write reviews to be brutally honest, positive or negative, because I want that from other people. So this is a brutally honest review of a tourist trap with sucky BBQ. read more

Great BBQ and potato salad! Found on yelp and when passing by we will definitely stop again!

The food was excellent! For an out of the way restaurant it was worth the trip. The atmosphere has an old feel to it and the people who work there are some of the friendliest I've ever met. Worth the stop!! read more

I don't go here as much as I'd like to but I have been here a handful of times. The food and the atmosphere are always great. They give off a country home town vibe great choice of music in the background as well as amazing cold drinks in glass bottles. The option for toppings on the food is set up buffet style which allows you to get as many toppings as you'd like. They also have two different types of barbecue sauce on the tables. Always have nice people and good service on top of a clean building. This is probably one of my favorite places to eat when I'm in that area. If you haven't tried this restaurant I would definitely suggest giving them a shot. read more

Service was friendly, but the brisket and smoked chicken were dry. This is not a Pecan Lodge or Terry Black's kind of place, but it's better than some fast food alternative. The Mac & cheese is heavy and has some flavor, but it's not as good as the loaded baked tots side. They do have crushed ice in the fountain drink so that is a plus. read more

Solid BBQ off the beaten path. The giant rocking chair is a fun picture moment. I love that they have a full pickle bar, four sauces, and 5 hot sauces to choose from. The brisket was dry but the chicken was juicy. The beans and potato salad were good , the green beans were just ok. read more

Passed this restaurant on my way to work and decided to finally try it. I was so glad I did because it was fantastic. Ordered the sliced brisket sandwich, jalapeño cheese sausage, Mac and cheese, banana pudding, and peach cobbler. The brisket was so juicy! Not sure if they make their our own in-house buns but they were perfect. I can't wait to go back and bring my family. Great outdoor set up for those that would rather eat outside. read more

Natty Flat Smokehouse - Barbeque Near Me - Lipan, Texas

Now this is some good Texas BBQ! The whole feel to this restaurant is rustic. The bathrooms here are supposed to feel like an outhouse so there outside. Kind of an inconvenience if it's raining but the food is still worth it. They have lots of seating options including outdoor and indoor. Also a great photo opportunity with the "world's biggest rocking chair". Overall this place is really good. read more

Best bbq I've had in a long time! The brisket was moist and tender, jalapeño sausage was excellent. Beans and slaw were very good. Friendly staff, lady took time to tell history of the general store, restaurant and bakery. I will stop every chance I get ( it's 85 miles from my home,but worth the drive) read more

Great food. Very friendly and beat of all reasonable prices. We were very please and our dog was able to sit outside with us.

A great little roadside restaurant with such a homey feel. Had the brisket sandwich and it was ok....would order again. We got there after lunchtime so we probably missed the best of it. Service was great. Lots of fresh, homemade desserts (cobbler, specifically). Make sure you go to the shop next door. BEAUTIFUL western decorations! read more

I absolutely love their tender brisket. The potato salad is fresh and delicious. They have fried pies three times a week and they are my favorite. Tender flaky crust with several different fillings. Cherry cream cheese if my favorite. Very cute rustic atmosphere! read more

Got a couple sandwiches on the go. The lady at the counter suggested the pulled pork on a jalapeño bun. I wouldn't have even known there were jalapeño buns. It was solid, and I am not a spicy/jalapeño fan. Was a good stop. read more

I have probably eaten here for at least 15 years when I used to ride my cycle. I remember when there used to be a leather shop next door and they made me a belt. The Bar b que was great then. Prices were good and they still are. If you want to get away from The city and city prices this is the place. It's just a log house but well worth the travel. Even the chili was good back then and I'll bet it still is. read more

We always stop when passing. If you want take out and want bbq sauce you better check your order before leaving. We just left after picking up our order and have one pound of beef with 6 buns. They gave us two small cups (maybe 1/8 cup) for 6 sandwiches. Are you kidding me? Argh - I forgot to tell my husband to check bag before leaving. That's unacceptable. read more

Very good BBQ for the price. Service is friendly and prompt. Best deal is the campfire tacos. They are great, and a great bargain.

Out in the middle of BFE on our way to Del Rio we stumbled upon this gym of a bbq joint. An original and traditional old town feel, the food is as delicious as the environment it is created in. Even if you don't get the food, you can stop and take pictures at the worlds largest rocking chair! read more

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Whenever I find myself in the Mineral Wells area, this is where I end up for lunch. Excellent barbecue, affordable prices, and friendly service bring me back here every time. The authentic hand-mixed fountain Dr Pepper is an added bonus. read more

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Amazing BBQ in the middle of no where!! If you're near by be sure to stop through simply to see the worlds Largest Rocking Chair! But be sure to have the barbecue because it is amazing!! read more

Natty Flat Smokehouse - Worlds Largest Rocking Chair and Amazing BBQ...ain't nothin wrong with that - Barbeque Near Me - Lipan, Texas

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The sausage, chopped, and ribs are all excellent. The sausage is especially good. BBQ sauce comes in two options, regular and spicy, both full of flavor. The service was classic Texan hospitality, with twang and polite platitudes to accompany a delicious BBQ experience. Yo borrow a quote from my son, "Dad, we have to stop and eat here every time we get close to this place." read more

Natty Flat Smokehouse - Giant rock in foreground. Outhouse in background. - Barbeque Near Me - Lipan, Texas

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I wanted to surprise my bf with buttermilk pies and even though they only make them on Fridays, they were kind enough to make them for me today. What's nice group of people with great pies and awesome food! read more